The veteran Indian opener, Rohit Sharma finished as the top run-scorer in the just-concluded Test series against South Africa. Now, he has entered the top 10 list in the latest Test Player Rankings, released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. With this, Rohit became only the third Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and former opener Gautam Gambhir to reach the top 10 in the ICC rankings across formats.
During the South Africa series, Rohit made a debut as an opener in Test cricket and impressed one and all. He finished the series with 529 runs at an impressive average of 132.25 in just four innings. He scored three centuries, including a double hundred in the third Test in Ranchi, which helped him climb 12 places to finish 10th in the ICC Test Player Rankings.
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Before the start of the series, Rohit was sitting on the 44th position and now he has taken a giant leap of 34 places during the three matches to enter the top 10. his heroics in the series also earned him the Player of the Series trophy. Rohit has been a consistent performer in the ODIs and T20Is for many years and currently occupies the second spot in ODI rankings, while joint-seventh in the T20Is rankings.
Kohli has attained the no.1 position spot in all three rankings in the past and is currently inside top 10 rankings across formats as well. Currently, he is on first and second spot in ODIs and Tests respectively, while holds the 10th place in T20Is.
Former India opener Gambhir has attained the top spot in Tests and T20Is while eighth in ODIs. India’s middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who scored 216 runs in the series with the help of a century attained his career-high fifth position in Test rankings, achieved earlier in November 2016.
Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav, who led India’s pace attack in Ranchi Test, also witnessed significant gains by achieving their career-best rating points. Shami is on 751 points and only one place below his career-best ranking of 14th achieved in March 2018, while Yadav is on 624 points, three below his best of 21st in July 2016.
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With Rohit’s new entry, India now has four batsmen in the top 10 in Test rankings. With Mayank Agarwal in 18th position, India has finished the series with five batsmen in the top 20.
